Limbo Game Station

Welcome back to this month’s edition of the Power Tool Challenge. This month our theme is Summer Fun so I made a Limbo Game Station. It’s sure to provide lots of summer fun for kids of all ages! Who remembers playing limbo? I was never very good at it but it was still fun to play! Were you the limbo star in your neighborhood?

This limbo game station will be going to my grandchildren’s backyard. I know that they and their friends will have a blast playing limbo this summer.

How to make a Limbo Game Station

Step 1

I started by taping the two 2″ x “2”s together with painter’s tape so they would be the same length and also so that the holes for the pegs would line up. I then cut the 2×2’s to 43″ long with a miter saw.

Step 2

While the boards were still taped, I marked off 1-1/2″ increments with a pencil indicating the spacing of the “pegs” (dowel rods cut down to 2-1/2″). I then drew a pencil line down the center of each 2 x 2. Where the lines intersected I drew circles indicating the placement of the drilled holes. (see image below)

Step 3

Step 4

Cut down the 3/8″ dowel rods to 2-1/2″ lengths and insert these “pegs” into each hole using wood glue.

Step 5

To make the station “legs” stable I used my Kreg Jig to drill pocket holes on both sides of the bottom end of each 2 x 2 and attached it to 12″ long pieces of a 2 x 4 with 2-1/2″ pocket screws and wood glue.

Step 6

I cut 8″ lengths from the leftover 2 x 2s with the ends mitered at 45º. These pieces were then glued and screwed as shown above. (Not shown: I also ended up adding 6″ long 2 x 4 scraps to each “foot” to provide extra stability. You can see this piece on the finished piece. These were attached with glue and pocket screws.

I cut down a scrap of a 1 x 2 to make the cross bar. You could also use another dowel rod.

Comments

How fun is that project! I’ve never seen a limbo game like this…smart! I’d love to have it here in Fl! Maybe it would motivate me to keep up with my stretches! LOL! Pinned of course 🙂Wendi @ H2OBungalow recently posted…Freestanding DIY Hook and Ring Game Tutorial

This is so fun, and easy, too! Thanks for sharing at Merry Monday – I’ll be featuring your limbo game this week. I hope you’ll stop by and link up again 🙂Emily recently posted…Summer DIY Tote Bag Ideas

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